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54112/42.
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C. O.
Mr.
Gent
23
/7/42.
Mr. A. J. Dawe.
Mr.
Mr.
Sir W. Battershill.
Mr. G. L. M. Clauson.
Mr. C. J. Jeffries.
DRAFT.
BRIGADIER L. F. FIELD.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S. 25-7. ctance.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
For Mr. Gent's signature.
SECRET.
Downing Street,
July, 1942.
Dear Field,
Many thanks for your note
M.I.2./50/42 with the enclosures from the
Military Attaché in Chungking.
I
entirely agree with your view about
Selwyn-Clarke.
He is well known in this
FURTHER ACTION.
г
Office and is an extremely able and active
man, particularly on the health side.
Our information as to conditions in Hong
Kong immediately after the Japanese
occupation is sufficient to show that
apart from the needs of the wounded,
shortage of drugs and medical equipment,
there was a serious threat of breakdown of
sanitary arrangements and the consequent
prospect of disastrous epidemics. From
the start, Selwyn-Clarke seems to have
stirred himself in his professional line
of business and from our knowledge of him
I should say that, unless there should
eventually be serious evidence to the
contrary